RPC IV.4, 856

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 856
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Η = 8
Dating AD 144/5
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Η
Reverse design zodiac, Sun in Leo: radiate-headed and draped bust of Helios, left; below, lion running, left; before, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 2966
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Note Some V forms.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: Löbb.
2 2     NY: 1944.100.60344
3 3     A: 2612 / 11980 JIAN 2 (1899), 83 no. 20, pl. 7, 12 (rev.)
4 4     Milan SNG 1255
5 5     CNG Triton XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 130 = (Staffieri)
6 6     D 2966 = Münzen und Medaillen 7 (1977), 441 (Figari - Mosconi 741)